Johnny Manziel Admits He’s Struggling To Learn Browns Offense

It may lead to more headline news and backroom chatter about his time spent in bars, but yes Johnny Manziel is actually going through rookie growing pains.

The Browns star rookie admitted to ESPN.com that the teams offense is a process and he’s experiencing a learning curve.

“It’s a process for me,” Manziel said, via Pat McManamon of ESPN.com. “It’s not something that I should just come in here naturally because I played well in college and just know how to run this offense.

“It’s a complete 180 from everything that I’ve been used to. And it’s going to take time. It’s a process coming from a spread, air raid system in college to a pro style system that’s very unfamiliar [to] me as far as terminology and routes.”

For some it sounds like Manziel has been humbled, but we can definitely appreciate his honesty.

“I think I’ll play whenever these coaches decide that I’m ready,” Manziel said. “I don’t think there’s any rush. For me, it’s whenever coach [Mike] Pettine, coach [Kyle] Shanahan and the staff here decide that. I don’t think they want to throw me into a situation I’m not ready for or something I can’t handle. I don’t know if they drafted me necessarily thinking that I should come in and start Week 1. I think they wanted to see where I’m at and how I progress.”